Membership Fees & Benefits

As an OSGi Alliance member, you and your company will have the ability to contribute to the leadership of the OSGi technology, participate directly within the membership - at your desired level of involvement, shape the development and evolution of the OSGi specification, and receive the added benefits of OSGi marketing.

PRODUCT / DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS

Shape the OSGi Alliance specification Work together with industry leaders. Drive the standardization of a flexible integration platform.

Take advantage of the global cross-industry Service Platform Integrates today's islands. Enables cross-industry business models.

Exchange information in your development community OSGi Expert Groups. Discuss with developers and further develop ideas. Improve the product solutions of your organization

Benefit from the features of the platform Modular architecture. Defined interfaces. Future-proof platform, connectivity, easy upgrade and extension.

Gain competitive advantage Think outside of the box. Cooperate with industry leaders. Discover new business opportunities and potential markets.

Benefit from the global reputation of the OSGi Alliance Brand Global awareness. Cross-industry publicity in major business fields.

Benefit from the powerful OSGi Alliance marketing resources Use the various Web Site options. Collateral and global marketing events. Increase the awareness of your company profile, business or product solutions and deployments.

Improve your market knowledge Use the OSGi Alliance knowledge base. Network with people and companies at member meetings.

Membership Levels and Fees Summary

Level

Organizations with 250 or more Individuals*

Organizations with less than 250 Individuals*

Strategic Member

US $25,000 per year

US $25,000 per year

Principal Member

US $20,000 per year

US $10,000 per year

Contributing Associate

US $5,000 per year

*Individuals counted towards the size of an organization are all employees, contractors and agents acting on behalf of the member organization.

Membership Benefits Summary

Privilege / Benefit

Strategic

Principal

Contributing Associate

Supporter

Public

1.

Eligible as candidate for Board of Directors

✔

2.

Vote to elect Board of Directors & Officers

✔

✔

3.

Eligible to Chair Expert Groups

✔

✔

4.

Eligible as candidate in OSGi Officer elections

✔

✔

5.

Link to member company’s web-site on www.osgi.org

✔

✔

6.

Feature member companies press releases on OSGi Alliance web-site

✔

✔

7.

Participate in OSGi Press Releases and promotional activities

✔

✔

8.

Voting privilege in Expert Groups

✔

✔

9.

Vote to ratify specifications

✔

✔

10.

Participation in OSGi Compliance Program to certify products

✔

✔

11.

Access to Compliance Tests

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals (i)

12.

Fee for JSR TCK commercial licensing for JSR 232 and JSR 291 (ii)

No Fee

Moderate Fee

N/A (No commercial license available for this tier, but does have same access as "Public")

US $50k/3-year for each TCK (iii)

US $50k/3-year for each TCK (iii)

13.

Fee for OSGi Compliance Tests commercial license (iv)

No Fee

No Fee

Membership Upgrade Fee (v)

US $150k for 3-year License (iii)

US $150k for 3-year License (iii)

14.

Number of individuals eligible for OSGi Alliance paid membership privileges

Unlimited

Unlimited

Max of 2 individuals

15.

Access to select members-only web pages on www.osgi.org

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

16.

Subscribe to Member email reflector

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

17.

Eligible to attend OSGi annual membership meeting

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

18.

Eligible to join Expert Groups

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

19.

Expert Group activities:

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

a

Propose work items

b

Contribute to work items

c

Contribute IP to OSGi specifications

d.

Contribute to reference implementations

e.

Contribute to compliance tests

20.

Subscribe to Expert Group email reflector

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

21.

Subscribe to Requirements email reflector

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

22.

Write access (OSGi repo) to Requirements Committee documents

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

23.

Access to Reference Implementations

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

24.

Early access to Draft OSGi specifications

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

25.

Early access to Final OSGi specifications

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

26.

Subscribe to Marketing email reflector

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

27.

Access to Marketing Committee documents

✔

✔

Max of 2 individuals

28.

Use of select OSGi Trademarks

No Fee

Moderate Fee

N/A (No commercial license available for this tier)

29.

Eligible to join Working Groups/Committees

✔

✔

✔

30.

Eligible to propose new Expert Groups

✔

✔

✔

31.

Participate in OSGi Marketing events

✔

✔

✔

32.

Discounts for OSGi workshops and community events

✔

✔

✔

33.

Provide input to Marketing Committee documents

✔

✔

✔

34.

Attend Marketing Committee meetings

✔

✔

✔Non-voting

35.

Listing on www.osgi.org

✔

✔

✔

✔

36.

Use/display appropriate OSGi member logo

✔

✔

✔

✔

37.

Display OSGi Logo on member web-site and collateral and link to www.osgi.org website from member web-site and collateral